This is mine. This came about after reading a great post by Tom Kyte where he posts a bit from one of his books comparing what we do in our daily Oracle lives to different kinds of doctors in the field. Really, go read it. Okay now that you're back, I'll tell you why I decided on being The Oracle EMT.
While he identified many types of physicians, I didn't really feel like any of them fit with what I do in my Production support role because I'm trying to do all of them at different times. I more empathize with a fire-fighter, or a police detective at times, but tying back to the example the EMT is somebody going out into the world never knowing what they will encounter from day to day. And they are dealing with critical life threatening issues. Their symbol is the Star of Life for Pete's sake! That's how I feel constantly. While I might sit at my desk and be a target for work to come in, and be like the emergency room doctor, it really is wide open for what will come my way and feels like I'm out in that world with anything around the next corner. Deciding what to work on today, might not be a huge deal, but picking large projects to invest my time into could have a small issue languish for weeks, which in its own right become a hair on fire problem that I'll have to address immediately when I'm in the middle of doing something completely else.
Lining up my thoughts a bit more, I am looking for this blog to be directed at the everyday Oracle applications specialist that had to be out there in the field. I'm not looking for work, I'm perfectly happy learning from the job I have right now with the technology we're dealing with, so this isn't a launching pad for some consulting company outing and eventually I'd like to see more people contributing to the endeavor once it has some steam going. I want to be able to vent or show things here, with individuals helping each other to make this a safe place to talk and share ideas in the comments. Nothing is taboo. Not even me.
-The Oracle EMT
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